In this round we had a long drought and an unbeaten run broken in a derby, and a legendary player setting a personal record. Three points separate Uruguay (2nd) and Chile (8th), with Argentina cruising at the top of the table, and Peru and Bolivia so far looking hopeless at the bottom.
Venezuela 3-0 Chile
Dominant victory by the Vinotinto at Estadio Monumental de Maturín, with a man of the match performance by Santos winger Yeferson Soteldo. The little forward scored the first goal, at the end of the first half, poaching on a mistake by the Chilean defense at the 45th minute, and provided two assists, at the 72nd and 78th minutes after some fine runs down the left wing (to Salomón Rondón and Darwin Machís, respectively). A stunned Chile had their
chances, but never really deserved any better than this.
Paraguay 1-0 Bolivia
An easy enough win for Paraguay, at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción.
A rather one-sided game, in which Paraguay had two goals called off before Sanabria tipped in the winner, at the 68th minute. Bolivia barely did anything
and have a lot to thank their goalkeeper Guillermo Viscarra, whose many saves
spared them from an embarassing score.
Ecuador 0-0 Colombia
Honours split even at Estadio Casa Blanca, in Quito, with a number of scoring
chances for both sides. Ecuador hit the post twice, while Colombia had two goals
called off and Luis Diaz missed a penalty, saved by Moises Ramírez.
Uruguay 2-0 Brasil
And the drought reaches an end. After 22 years, Uruguay beats Brasil again at
Estadio Centenario, in Montevideo. The game didn't have many scoring chances:
indeed the first shot on target was only in the 41st minute, as Darwin Nuñez
headed in the opener. Three minutes later Neymar injured himself and had to be stretchered off, being replaced by Richarlison. Rodrygo hit the bar on a free kick on the 68th minute, but that was Brasil's only real chance in the match. Eight minutes later, Darwin Nuñez, on the ground by the endline and with two defenders standing near him, managed to find a pass to De la Cruz for La Celeste's second goal. Brasil never looked like fighting back, and even had to endure an Olé by an ecstatic crowd at El Centenário.
This result broke Brasil's 37-game long unbeaten run in the WCQ, which lasted
eight years, last loss had been to Chile in 2015. Also, this was Uruguay's first win over Brasil by more than one goal since the first leg of the 1983 Copa America final (also a 2-0 in Montevideo).
Peru 0-2 Argentina
Easy enough victory for Argentina, at Estadio Nacional de Lima. Two first half goals by Messi (31st and 41st minutes) split the two sides, and pushed him ahead of Luis Suárez as the highest ever scorer of Conmebol WCQ, with 31 goals in 63 games. Peru never really looked like challenging Argentina and
remains as the only team who hasn't scored in this WCQ cycle so far.
Table [points, games, w-d-l, gs-gc, gd, (mi = media inglese)]
1 Argentina 12 4 4 0 0 7-0 7+ (mi +4)
2 Uruguay 7 4 2 1 1 8-5 3+ (mi -1)
3 Brasil 7 4 2 1 1 7-4 3+ (mi -1)
4 Venezuela 7 4 2 1 1 5-2 3+ (mi -1)
5 Colombia 6 4 1 3 0 3-2 1+ (mi -2)
6 Ecuador 4 4 2 1 1 4-3 1+ (mi -1) (-3 points penalty) -----------------------------
7 Paraguay 4 4 1 1 2 1-2 1- (mi -4)
-----------------------------
8 Chile 4 4 1 1 2 3-6 3- (mi -4)
9 Peru 1 4 0 1 3 0-5 5- (mi -7)
10 Bolivia 0 4 0 0 4 2-11 9- (mi -8)
Next round to be played on November 16th. In brackets below, the results of these games in the WCQ cycles of 2022/2018/2014/2010/2006/2002/1998 (all the round robin ones so far):
Bolivia - Peru (1-0, 0-3*, 1-1, 3-0, 1-0, 1-0, 0-0) *awarded 0-3, originally 2-0
These two sides have been looking pretty dire so far. A draw wouldn't help either of them, but they don't seem able to do better. At Estadio Hernando Siles, in La Paz, Bolivia has the edge, but so far they're yet to make it count in this cycle. I'll predict a 1-1 draw on this one (in soph-terms: Bolivia 0.35, draw 0.50, Peru 0.15).
Venezuela - Ecuador (2-1, 1-3, 1-1, 3-1, 3-1, 1-2, 1-1)
Venezuela comes off this couple of rounds on a roll and should be a non trivial opponent to Ecuador at Estadio Monumental de Maturín. Should be a close one. Again, I'll call it a 1-1 draw (in soph-terms: Venezuela 0.35, draw 0.35, Ecuador 0.30).
Colombia - Brasil (0-0, 1-1, n/a, 0-0, 1-2, 0-0, n/a)
Another tough one on the cards at Estadio Metropolitano de Barranquilla. Brasil has been very uninspiring in this cycle so far, but Colombian victories are very rare in this matchup. Yet again I'll go for a 1-1 draw (in soph-terms: Colombia 0.35, draw 0.35, Brasil 0.30).
Argentina - Uruguay (3-0, 1-0, 3-0, 2-1, 4-2, 2-1, 0-0)
The oldest derby in America will have another chapter at Estadio Monumental de Nuñez, in Buenos Aires. Uruguay comes off this couple of rounds with their
heads up high, but then Argentina did even better in these. Game of the round,
between the WCQ's top two sides. At home Argentina tends to dominate, and thus
far Scaloni never lost a WCQ game as Argentina manager. Should be a close one,
I'll tip ARG 2-1 URU (in soph-terms: Argentina 0.40, draw 0.30, Uruguay 0.30).
Chile - Paraguay (2-0, 0-3, 2-0, 0-3, 0-1, 3-1, 2-1)
Two teams that haven't been showing much so far meet at Estadio Monumental de Santiago. A difficult one to predict, I guess at home Chile has a slight edge? Once more I'll tip a draw, again an 1-1 (in soph-terms: Chile 0.35, draw 0.35, Paraguay 0.30).
Best regards,
Lléo
Peru 0-2 Argentina
Easy enough victory for Argentina, at Estadio Nacional de Lima. Two first half goals by Messi (31st and 41st minutes) split the two sides, and pushed him ahead of Luis Suárez as the highest ever scorer of Conmebol WCQ, with 31 goals in 63 games. Peru never really looked like challenging Argentina and
remains as the only team who hasn't scored in this WCQ cycle so far.
In this round we had a long drought and an unbeaten run broken in a derby, and a legendary player setting a personal record. Three points separate Uruguay (2nd) and Chile (8th), with Argentina cruising at the top of the table, and Peru and Bolivia so far looking hopeless at the bottom.
Uruguay 2-0 Brasil
And the drought reaches an end. After 22 years, Uruguay beats Brasil again at
Estadio Centenario, in Montevideo. The game didn't have many scoring chances:
indeed the first shot on target was only in the 41st minute, as Darwin Nuñez
headed in the opener. Three minutes later Neymar injured himself and had to be stretchered off, being replaced by Richarlison. Rodrygo hit the bar on a free kick on the 68th minute, but that was Brasil's only real chance in the match. Eight minutes later, Darwin Nuñez, on the ground by the endline and with two defenders standing near him, managed to find a pass to De la Cruz for La Celeste's second goal. Brasil never looked like fighting back, and even had to endure an Olé by an ecstatic crowd at El Centenário.
This result broke Brasil's 37-game long unbeaten run in the WCQ, which lasted
eight years, last loss had been to Chile in 2015. Also, this was Uruguay's first win over Brasil by more than one goal since the first leg of the 1983 Copa America final (also a 2-0 in Montevideo).
Still unbeaten in all WC Qualifiers at home though, correct?
On Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 6:46:31 AM UTC+2, Lléo wrote:
In this round we had a long drought and an unbeaten run broken in a derby, and a legendary player setting a personal record. Three points separate Uruguay (2nd) and Chile (8th), with Argentina cruising at the top of the table, and Peru and Bolivia so far looking hopeless at the bottom.
Uruguay 2-0 Brasil
And the drought reaches an end. After 22 years, Uruguay beats Brasil again at
Estadio Centenario, in Montevideo. The game didn't have many scoring chances:
indeed the first shot on target was only in the 41st minute, as Darwin Nuñez
headed in the opener. Three minutes later Neymar injured himself and had to
be stretchered off, being replaced by Richarlison. Rodrygo hit the bar on a
free kick on the 68th minute, but that was Brasil's only real chance in the
match. Eight minutes later, Darwin Nuñez, on the ground by the endline and
with two defenders standing near him, managed to find a pass to De la Cruz for La Celeste's second goal. Brasil never looked like fighting back, and even had to endure an Olé by an ecstatic crowd at El Centenário.
This result broke Brasil's 37-game long unbeaten run in the WCQ, which lastedStill unbeaten in all WC Qualifiers at home though, correct?
eight years, last loss had been to Chile in 2015. Also, this was Uruguay's first win over Brasil by more than one goal since the first leg of the 1983
Copa America final (also a 2-0 in Montevideo).
Ciao,
Werner
Lléo wrote:
This result broke Brasil's 37-game long unbeaten run in the WCQ, which lasted
eight years, last loss had been to Chile in 2015. Also, this was Uruguay's first win over Brasil by more than one goal since the first leg of the 1983
Copa America final (also a 2-0 in Montevideo).
Still unbeaten in all WC Qualifiers at home though, correct?
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